Egg-case.



P. A. PUROHAS & A. W. GHAPIN.

EGG CASE. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 25, 1905.

Patented Jan.9, 1912.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT. onnron.

FRED A. PURCHAS AND ALLIE W. CHAPIN, OF MCGRAW, NEW YORK; SAID CHAPINASSIG-NOR TO SAID PURCHAS.

EGG-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

. Application filed October 25, 1905. Serial No. 284,327.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, F RED A. PU RCHAS and ALLIE W. CHAPIN, of McGraw,in the county of Cortland and State of New York,

novel features hereinafter set forth and.

claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a plan of our egg-case open and filled, the cover being outof its operative position. Figs. 2 and 3 are end elevations respectivelyillustrating the egg-case as open and collapsed. Figs. 4 and 5 are faceviews respectively of the blanks or sheets, from which the major part ofthe egg-case and the transverse partitions are formed. Fig. 6 is an endelevation of a modified construction of our egg-case.

This egg-case comprises a receptacle having opposite sides 1, a foldingbottom 2, and a .cover 3, and transverse partitions 4 for dividing thereceptacle into compartments. The bottom 2 is foldably united at 5 tothe opposite sides 1, and is scored or folded at 6 along its middle sothat the case may be collapsed. The cover 3 is foldably united at 7 toone of the sides 1, and forms substantially a continuation thereof, andis also scored or folded at 8 near its free edge forming a lip 9 whichengages the outer face of the other side 1 of the receptacle when thecover is down or in operative position. WVhen the case is collapsed(Fig. 3),

the cover may be folded outwardly and downwardly upon the outer face ofthe adjacent side 1. Usually, the receptacle is formed from an oblongblank, Fig. 4, scored and folded on the transverse lines 5, 5, 6, 7 and8 to form the opposite sides 1, thefolding bottom 2, and the cover 3.

As seen in Fig. 5, each transverse partition is formed from a blankscored at 10 along its middle, forming two sections foldably united sothat the partitions may have a bellows action, and is also scored nearits side edges forming flaps 11 which project in thesame direction fromthe sections of the partition, Fig. 1, and are secured to the innerfaces of the sides'l by an adhesive.

These partitions terminate short of the bottom 2 when the case isfolded, and are arranged with their upper and lower edgessubstantiallyflush with the upper and lower edges of the sides 1, and with the innerscores 10 alined with the score or fold 6 of the folding bottom 2 forfacilitating the collapsing of the case. The flaps and adhesive stiffenthe sides 1 so that a much lighter board maybe used than if thepartitions were otherwise secured to the sides. A case having partitionsformed and arranged as described, is of maximum strength and contains aminimum of material; and can be collapsed substantially flat without inany way injuring or breaking any portion thereof.

In Fig. 6, we have illustrated a modified constructionof our case inwhich the lips 9 of the cover. 3 are dispensed with and two receptaclesare provided side by side.

The construction and operation of our egg-case will now be readilyunderstood upon reference to the foregoing description and theaccompanying drawing.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Anegg-case comprising an elongated receptacle having opposite sides,a folding substantially flat supporting bottom foldably united to saidsides, and transverse partitions connected to the inner faces of saidsides and consisting of sections foldably united to each other, saidpartitions being scored near their side edges to form flaps forsecurement to the inner faces of said opposite sides, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. An egg-case comprising an elongated receptacle having opposite sides,a folding substantially fiat supporting bottom foldably united to saidsides, and transverse partitions connected to the inner faces of saidsides and consisting of sections foldably united to each other, saidpartitions being scored near their side edges to form flaps forsecurement to the inner faces of said opposite sides, and saidpartitions terminating short of the bottom when the case is folded, andthe folds thereof being in a plane coincident with the fold of thehottom, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 4

3. An egg-case comprising an elongated receptacle having opposite sides,a folding substantially fiat supporting bottom foldably united to saidsides, and transverse partitions, each being formed from a blank scoredalong itsmiddle to form two sections, and scored near its side edges toform flaps for securement to the inner faces of said opposite sides, andsaid partitions terminatin is folde and the folds along their middlesbeing in a plane alined With the fold of the bottom, substantially asand for the purpose described.

4. An egg-case comprising a receptacle, the main portion of thereceptacle being formed from a cardboard-sheet folded along parallellines to form opposite sides, a folding substantially flat supportingbottom short of the bottom When the case 7 foldably united to saidsides, and a cover purpose set forth. v In testimony whereof, We havehereunto signed our names in the presence of twoattesting Witnesses, atMcGraW, in the county of Cortland, in the State of New York, this 18thday ofOctober, 1905. FRED A. PURCHAS'.

ALLIE W. I CHAP-IN. Witnesses:

T. D. Goonnnn, F. J. CHAPINV Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0.

